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Identifier

000465832

Title

Η επίδραση της αφήγησης παραμυθιών στην κινητική δημιουργικότητα παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας / Μαρία Νικολέτα Αναστασάκη.

Alternative Title

The effect of storytelling on the motor creativity of preschool children

Author

Αναστασάκη, Μαρία Νικολέτα

Thesis advisor

Τρούλη Καλλιόπη

Reviewer

Φουντουλάκης Ανδρέας
Λιναρδάκης Μιχαήλ

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the pedagogical role of fairy tales in preschool education through their narratives and to what extent they affect the motor creativity of young children. Creativity is inextricably linked to man. It refers to his tendency to progress, to act independently and to express original ideas. So we could say that a tool that can strengthen a person and a child in particular and indeed of preschool age, is the fairy tale. Storytelling evokes impressions, emotions, leads to an experiential way of learning, an experiential way of transforming emotions into actions, just as this was attempted to be achieved in this work. Based on this occasion, a mixed research was carried out based on research hypotheses, combining quantitative and qualitative data. The research sample consisted of two groups, the experimental and the control, each of which included 16 preschool children. To collect the quantitative data, in the first phase of the intervention, a scientifically accepted psychometric tool of motor creativity was used, in the intermediate phase of the intervention, the research parameters were counted according to their quantitative evaluations, and in the last phase of the intervention, the same psychometric tool was used again. To collect the qualitative data, diary observations of the children's meetings with the researcher were used, where each child's behavior and motor reaction were recorded. In particular, the statistical analysis of the quantitative data was done using SPSS21, based on the two tools, t-test and independent t-test, which were deemed appropriate for the scope of the research sample. Regardless of the performance presented by the children of both groups in the first phase of the intervention, a significant progress of the children of the experimental group who participated in the intermediate phase of the intervention was observed, greater than that of the children of the control group. Unfortunately, however, in modern times the focus of attention in the field of early childhood education largely does not include storytelling, where creative stimulation and a familiar context for young children to express themselves is automatically ensured. Regarding motor creativity in preschool education, it focuses mainly on children's critical thinking and to a lesser extent on their motor development.

Language

Greek

Subject

Fairy tale

Motor creativity

Motor interventions

Narrative

Αφήγηση

Κινητικές παρεμβάσεις

Κινητική δημιουργικότητα

Παραμύθι

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